Personal: Arizona: 3L... Returning veteran and unit leader who should anchor things in the middle for a returning intact line... Honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors as junior... Has started the last 14 games after apprenticeship under former star Colin Baxter for a couple of years... Started the Alamo Bowl to close the 2010 season, in which he appeared in 12 games... Lettered as redshirt freshman in 2009 on kicking units, latter half of year as middle blocker on kickoff returns... Played in nine games, some at guard... Made travel status for several games during redshirt year in 2008 as an emergency option... Earned coaches' scout team player of the week for the Toledo game in '08... Worked at various positions his first year...
Career: 33 Games played, 13 starts
High School: Liberty High School, Brentwood, Calif., 2008... PrepStar All-West... Considered a top five player in Bay Valley League for Liberty, the eastern Bay Area... All-BVAL first-team offense 2007... Oakland Tribune preseason Cream of the Crop... Also played defensive line as a junior... Worked out at LinemenInc. camps in California, for skills-based training and development, where UA coach Bill Bedenbaugh has been a clinician... Made all-tourney team as basketball player in December Stonebarger Tournament... Competitive Edge Football Camp `Big Stud' award in July 2007...Coach Nate Smith...
Personal: Academic major is history... Prep team leader and well-rounded student who was Homecoming King finalist...